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Reviewed by George Basler
Jazz drummer Sherrie Maricle came back to her hometown last weekend and rocked the Anderson Center at Binghamton University as leader of the all-female Diva Jazz Orchestra.
The orchestra got its start 20 years ago in a traditionally male-dominated field and, since then, has proven it can swing with the best of them. That was certainly true Saturday (July 20). Maricle, a Union-Endicott High School and Binghamton University graduate, led the band from her perch as drummer in a precise and powerful two-hour performance.
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